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Hidden store of manganese may have helped Earth get its oxygen
Why this matters: new research or scientific developments with potential real-world impact.
Computer simulations have uncovered a new manganese compound that could exist deep in Earth’s mantle and may be connected to the process that gave our atmosphere oxygen
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